Jason Robinson’s impressive list of accomplishments keeps growing.
Robinson, a junior at Westmoreland Jr./Sr. High School, was named a 2019 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field High School All-American in the 100m, 800m, 1500m and 5000m in recognition of his outstanding performance as a wheelchair athlete. 
Robinson was previously named a U.S. Paralympics All-American, but never in four events - - until now.
“It’s always nice to know that I am one of the top athletes in the country,” Robinson said. “Whenever I meet a goal of mine, it’s very satisfying and fulfilling just to know my hard work did something and it went somewhere.”
Despite his own success, Robinson is equally excited that he is helping the sport of wheelchair racing garner more attention - - and grow.
“It helps get the word out so more kids will want to try it,” Robinson explained. “Maybe others will be like, ‘that’s a goal I want to achieve,’ because it was certainly a goal of mine to be an All-American in high school.”
Last June, Robinson won all three events he competed in at the New York State Track & Field Championships. He placed first in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m wheelchair races, setting a new personal record in each event. He also won the 1600m and 3200m races in 2018.
However, unlike in 2018 when he was the only wheelchair athlete to compete at states, he was one of four in 2019.
“We were able to run a girls’ 100 wheelchair heat, which was very cool because two years ago, I was the only wheelchair athlete and now we have four competing at the state level,” Robinson said. “We’re growing, and it’s great to be able to get the awareness out there.”
Robinson began wheelchair racing at the age of 10. His first competitive wheelchair race was the 15K Boilermaker. Since then, he continues to compete in several races across the country, including the 10K Falmouth Road Race in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he became the race’s youngest finisher ever at the age of 11 in 2014, and the 10K Beach to Beacon in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He also competed in the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia, along with races in Cedar Town, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois, for the first time last year.
Robinson is now training for the Paralympics trials in June, with hopes of making the U.S. Paralympics Wheelchair team. If he makes the team, he will compete in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Games.
When not competing for the Westmoreland Track & Field team, Robinson competes for the North Jersey Navigators, a Paralympics sports team in New Jersey.